Philadelphia Rare Books and Manuscripts: Louisiana

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LOUISIANA

Radical, Republican, Yalie

Bishop, Abraham. Oration, in honor of the election of President Jefferson, and the peaceable acquisition of Louisiana, delivered at the National festival, in Hartford, on the 11th of May, 1804. [New Haven]: From Sidney's Press, 1804. 8vo (23.5 cm; 9.25"). 24 pp.
$200.00

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• Shaw & Shoemaker 5881; Howes B472 (“aa”); Sabin 5596. Uncut copy in modern boards covered with stone pattern marbled paper. Title-page torn in lower blank area with loss of paper but not text. Bug-spotting, a few stray stains, age-toning; stab holes in inner margins from original stitching. A very decent copy. (24888)

Daily Business Life — International! New Orleans 1831

Moctezuma, A.M. Autograph Letter Signed, to Francisco Pizarro Martínez. In Spanish, on paper. New Orleans: 22 October 1831. Small 4to (25 cm x 10"). [1] p. with integral address leaf; and [2] p. translation into English, ca. 1837.
$100.00

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• Very good condition. Written in a small but clear hand. (24650)

An Irish-AMERICAN'S Service & Claims

United States. Congress. House. Committee of Claims. Report of the Committee of Claims to whom was referred, on the twenty-second ultimo, the petition of Oliver Pollock, of the state of Pennsylvania. January 23, 1807. Read, and referred to a committee of the whole House, on Monday next. City of Washington: A. & G. Way, printers, 1807. 8vo. 30 pp.
$25.00

• Shaw & Shoemaker 14058. Removed from a nonce volume. Librarian's lightly pencilled notation on title-page. Stray brown spots. Very good. (18017)

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